Lecturer, Smith as, 56
Le Sage, Professor G.L., Geneva, friendship with Smith, 191
Leslie, Sir John, tutor to Smith’s cousin and
heir, 412;
introduced by Smith to Sir Joseph Banks,
413
L’Espinasse, see Espinasse
Library, Smith’s, 327, 439
Lindsay, Professor Hercules, takes Smith’s classes,
42;
gives up lecturing in Latin, 99
Literary Club, see Club
Literary Society, Glasgow, see Society
Livy, Smith’s opinion of, 367
Lloyd, Captain, reminiscences of Smith in Abbeville, 212
Logan, John, poet, Burke’s visit to, 396;
Smith’s admiration for, 396;
introduced by Smith to Andrew Strahan,
396
Lomenie de Brienne, Archbishop of Toulouse, 177
London, Smith’s first visit to, 152;
Smith’s residence there 1766-67,
252;
his residence there 1773-76, 262;
residence there again 1777, 314
Loudon, Earl of, 1
M’Culloch, J.R., on Smith’s failure to
foresee French Revolution, 229;
on Smith’s habit of dictating to
amanuensis, 260;
on Smith’s books, 329
Macdonald, Sir James, in Paris, 174;
his death, 225
M’Gowan, John, antiquary, 335
Mackenzie, Henry, on Smith’s wealth of conversation,
33, 269;
his story of “La Roche” and
Hume’s religious opinions, 313;
account of Smith’s last words to
his friends, 435
Mackinnon of Mackinnon, letter from Smith to, 380
Mackintosh, Sir James, on the Edinburgh Review,
124;
remark on Smith, 437
Maclaine, Dr. Archibald, college friend of Smith,
17;
Smith’s remark about, 17;
acts in college theatricals, 79
Magee, Archbishop, on suppressed passage in
Theory of Moral Sentiments
about the Atonement, 428
Manifesto of doctrine, Smith’s, in 1755, 62
Market women on Smith, 329
Marseilles, Smith at, 188
Medical degrees, freedom of, 271;
Smith’s letter to Cullen on, 273
Mickle, translator of Lusiad, takes offence at Smith, 316
Militia question in Poker Club, 135;
Smith’s views, 137
Millar, David, Smith’s schoolmaster, 5;
his play, 6
Millar, Professor John, pupil of Smith, 43, 53;
Jeffrey on, 53;
on Smith as lecturer, 56
Miller, Sir Thomas, Rector of Glasgow College, 68
Milton’s shorter poems, Smith on, 369
Mirabeau, Marquis de, on state of France, 218
Montagu, Mrs., on beauty of Glasgow, 88;
on culture of Glasgow merchants, 90
Montesquieu, Smith’s reported book on, 431
Montpellier, Smith at, 181
Moor, Professor James, 99
Moral Philosophy, Smith professor of, 43;
fees and classes, 49;
students, 57;
his parting with them, 170;
his resignation, 172